Holder-reel.



C. A. GOGGESHALL.

' HOLDER REEL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 31, 1910.

1,023,816, Patented Apr. 23, 1912'.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO WASIHNGTDN, D. c.

CHARLES AUGUSTUS COGG-ESHALL, 0F PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

HOLDER-REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

Application filed August 31, 1910. Serial No. 579,857.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES AUGUSTUSCoccEsHALL, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, inthe county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Holder-Reels, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Holder-reels and similar devices as heretofore constructed usuallyconsist of a springactuated reel within a case, the case being attachedto the clothing by a catchpin fastened rigidly to the back of the case;the reel, actuated by a helical spring, winding or unwinding, at thewill of the wearer, a cord or chain, one end of the same being fastenedto the reel and the other end holding the article to be secured, thecord or chain being checked or released in winding or unwinding by meansof a socalled gavity pawl. This device in varied forms has been alwaysmore or less unsatisfactory. It has been impossible to secure absolutecertainty in the operation with regard to both the checking andreleasing of the chain. The pawl mechanism has no certainty of action;it sometimes operates when and as required, and sometimes fails tooperate. It is also liable and does attimes operate when not desired,as, for instance, when the entire chain should reel up and it is checkedor held at some intermediate point. WVith the catch-pin fastened rigidlyto the back of the case the holder-reel must remain in whatever positionit is pinned to the clothing; hence the chain can be pulled in but onedirection and avoid undue friction on the chain; also theholder-reelmust be secured to the clothing in the one position it is intended to besecured in order for the gravity pawl to operate at all; and the springbeing exposed on one side of the reel has considerable friction on theinside of the casing so that the friction retards the free action of thereel.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of aholder-reel adapted to be attached to wearing apparel for the purpose ofretractively holding or securing to the person eyeglasses or otherarticles, whereby an absolute certainty of operation is obtained and thearticle may be more perfectly positioned for use according to therequirements of the wearer.

Another object of my invention is to construct a holder-reel so that thesame may be detachably secured to the person in any one of innumerablepositions without afiecting the practical operation of the holder-reel.

Another object of my invention is to con struct a holder-reel so thatthe same when attached or in use may automatically assume innumerablydifferent positions without affecting the absolute certainty ofoperation of the holder-reel.

Another object of my invention is to provide a holder-reel soconstructed that the cord or chain to which the article is attached maybe pulled out in any required direction without affecting the certaintyof operation of the holder-reel or bringing undue friction on the cordor chain.

Another object of my invention is to eliminate the socalled gravity pawlin the construction of a holder-reel.

Another object of my invention is to provide a holderreel so constructedthat the holder-reel is detachably secured to a catchpin so that theholder-reel-case and contents may move in any direction corresponding tothe pull of the chain or cord, and the catchpin may be detachablysecured to wearing apparel.

A final object of my invention is to simplify the construction of aholder-reel and its co-acting parts thereby reducing the cost ofmanufacturing the same.

Figure l is an enlarged perspective view of the holder-reel showing thesame in one position in full lines, and in one of the innumerablepositions it may assume, in broken lines. F ig. 2 is a back view of theholderreel. Fig. 3 is a still further enlarged back view of theholder-reel, partly in section. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional viewtaken on line 4, 4, of Fig. 2, through the holderreel. Figs. 5 and 6 areenlarged detail views of the check operating device illus trating theoperation of the same. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail view of part of thecasing showing the check operating device removed and the key-holeopening in the casing. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail view looking at thecheck operating device from the right and in the position as shown inFig. 3. Fig. 9 is an enlarged side view of the catch-pin showing thesame closed in full lines and open in broken lines. Fig. 10 is anenlarged detail View of part ofthe reel showing the means for detachablysecuring the inner end of the chain to the reel.

In the drawings 12 indicates a sheet metal casing in the form of a shellhaving a front 13, sides 14, and an inwardly turned edge 15, on theback, forming a circular opening in the back through which the reel isinserted. The edge 15, has the projections 16, 16, and a key-holeopening 17, is formed in the side 1. 1, of the casing, as shown in Fig.7. A check operating device 18, formed preferably of wire, is first bentto form a key-hole shaped base 19, then bent outwardly at approximatelyright angles to the base forming arms 20, 20, then over and apart andthen toward each other forming an opening 21, then back parallel withthe arms 20, 20, forming spaced arms 22, 22, then toward each otherforming a narrow space 23, and then the ends are carried down againstthe inner part of the base 19, forming in the base 19, an opening A, infront of the arms 22, 22. The arms 20, 20, and the arms 22, 22, form aspace 25, between the same, and a ring 26, is secured around the arms20, 20, at the end as shown in Figs. 3, 5, 6, and 8. The check operatingdevice 18, is secured to the side of the casing over the key-holeopening 17, by solder or other means, and may be in the form of acasting or otherwise constructed. A circular back 27, is constructed ofsheet metal shaped to have a raised outer circumference 28, in theperiphery of which are notches 29, 29, coinciding with the projections16, 16, on the back of the casing 12, a central depression 30, and acentral inwardly-extending hollow post 31, having a longitudinal slit32. A wire loop 33, is secured to the back 27 as shown in Fig. 3, bysolder or other means. The post 31, is formed preferably integral withthe back 27. A reel 3 1, is constructed of sheet metal to have a backdisk 35, with the eripheral openings 36, 36, a central hole for thereel-post 31, and a circular ridge 38, surrounding the hole, a frontdisk 39, having the cut-out shouldered arms 40, bent at right angles tothe disk and forming connecting parts to receive the back disk, whichrests on the shoulders on the arms. The ends 41, 11, of the arms 40, arebent inward slightly so that the back disk 35, can be easily sprung orsnapped into place and held, and as easily removed. The connecting arms40, 40, form a base upon which the chain is wound, otherwise the frontdisk 39 has the same construction as the back disk 35. The circularridges 38, 38, on the front and back disks sti'den the disks and are theonly parts that come into contact with the casing 12, thereby reducingfriction. A helical spring 43, having hook-shaped inner and outer endsis inclosed between the disks which form a chamber in which the springcan operate with a minimum of friction. The inner end of the spring issecured to the post 31, through the slit 32, in the post, and the otherend is secured to the reel by hooking the end over an arm 40, as shownin Fig. 3. A chain 1 1, or its equivalent, is dctachably secured at itsinner end to the reel by a wire loop 45, which is slipped over one ofthe arms 40, of the reel and secured to the chain by passing the ends ofthe wire through the chain and bending the ends of the wire as shown inFig. 10. An enlargement forming a check 16, is formed on the chainadjacent to its inner end, in any practical way, and a wire holder-hook1? is secured to the outer end of the chain.

A detachable catch-pin 5 1, of wire, is shaped to have a hook-shapemember 55. When in use the catch-pin 54, is detachably secured to theclothing, a portion 59 of which is shown in Fig. 1, in any positiondesired. The holder-reel is detachably secured to the catch-pin 5a, bypassing the loop 33, on the holder-reel over the hookshape member 55.The holder-reel-case and contents is now free to move in any directioncorresponding to the pull of the chain. An outward pullon the chain 4.1, which extends outward through the check operating device 18, willunwind the chain against the tension of the spring 13. As the chain ispulled outward at a tangent from the reel first through the narrow partof the key-hole opening 17, in the casing and the corresponding part inthe base 19, of the check operating device 18, the check 16, on thechain first engages with the under edges of the opening which is toonarrow for the check to pass through, and then it slides along until itreaches the larger opening 24k, through which it passes at the front ofthe arms 22. As the check cannot pass between the arms 22, and theoperator feels the strike of the check against the arms he immediatelyallows the chain to relax, when the check takes a position on the baseabove the narrow part of the opening in the base and holds fast as shownin Fig. 3. To release a pull is given to the chain. The check 16,returns to the front of the arms 22, then slides upward on the arms asshown in Fig. 5, and then through the opening 21, and comes to a stop inthe end of the check operating device, as shown in broken lines in Fig.6, which of course the operator feels. The operator then yields to thepull of the reel and the check returns back through the opening 25, onthe inside of the arms 22, and through the openings in the base andcasing to the reel, thus allowing the chain to reel up in full. The ring26, serves as a stop for the check and as a guide for the chain whichpasses through the ring. lVhen the check operating device is inclosed ina shell as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the opening in the shell for the thering 26, which with.

It is evident that the construction of my improved holder-reel and itsco-acting parts may be varied without materially affecting the spirit ofmy invention.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A holder-reel for eye-glasses and the like,comprising a casing having a key-hole opening, a spring actuated reel inthe casing, a chain secured at its inner end to the reel and extendingout through the key-hole opening on a line with the circumference of thereel, an enlargement on the chain adjacent its inner end and forming acheck and a check operating device on the holderreel over the key-holeopening in the casing adapted to coact with the check on the chain andconstructed to have a base in which is a key-hole opening, two armsextending out from the base, an opening, two spaced arms, a narrowspace, a space between the arms and a ring secured to the outer portionof the check operating device.

2. A holder-reel for eyeglasses and the like, comprising a casing, aspring actuated reel in the casing, a chain secured to the reel andextending out through an opening in the casing, a check on the chain anda check operating device on the casing, constructed to have a firstpoint of contact for the chain takes the place of may then be dispensedcheck, an opening for the check, a second point of contact for thecheck, a second opening for the check, a third point of contact for thecheck and a return opening for the check.

3. A holder-reel for eye-glasses and the like, comprising a casing, aspring actuated reel in the casing, a chain secured to the reel andextending out through a key-hole opening in the casing, a check on thechain and a check operating device on the casing constructed of wirebent to form a key-hole Shaped base, then bent outwardly atapproximately right angles to the base forming two arms, then over andapart and then toward each parallel with the first mentioned armsforming two spaced arms, then toward each other forming a narrow spaceand then the ends carried down against the inner part of the base,forming in the base an opening in front of the spaced arms, the firstmentioned arms and the spaced arms forming a space between the same anda ring secured to the arms at the outer portion of the check operatingdevice.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

" CHARLES AUGUSTUS COGGESHALL.

'Witnesses ARTHUR P. ANGELL, CHAS. H. LUTHER.

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